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Struggling through Chemo
Hi all, My nurse has just introduced me to this group. I’m hoping to connect and share my story and hopefully somehow feel better. After being diagnosed and a short time later having a mastectomy a...
Hi everyone, hope you are all ok.
I thought I would update you on my abemaciclib journey so far as I was nervous starting this drug. Despite having a list of side effects as long as my arm, so far the only side effect I have is occasional diarrhoea, which is easily controlled by taking just one of the gastro tablets I've been given. I think it was spicy food that caused it, so I'll be avoiding that for a while, my stomach is slightly more delicate than it used to be. It seems to be the most common side effect for this drug, and not as bad as I thought it was going to be.
Other than that, life is carrying on pretty normal, and I'm feeling ok. My energy levels are good, and I'm sleeping ok.
I'm excited to be contemplating my first haircut, to tidy up the back of my neck and around my ears, and start giving my pixi length hair some shape. Happy days!
I thought I would update you on my abemaciclib journey so far as I was nervous starting this drug. Despite having a list of side effects as long as my arm, so far the only side effect I have is occasional diarrhoea, which is easily controlled by taking just one of the gastro tablets I've been given. I think it was spicy food that caused it, so I'll be avoiding that for a while, my stomach is slightly more delicate than it used to be. It seems to be the most common side effect for this drug, and not as bad as I thought it was going to be.
Other than that, life is carrying on pretty normal, and I'm feeling ok. My energy levels are good, and I'm sleeping ok.
I'm excited to be contemplating my first haircut, to tidy up the back of my neck and around my ears, and start giving my pixi length hair some shape. Happy days!